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The Bulletin: July 10-16, 2025
The Bulletin: July 10-16, 2025 This past week’s articles of interest… CLICK HERE If you’re new to my writing, check out this overview. Why the world needs renewable food – by Julian Cribb ‘Green’ China Runs On Dirty Coal | ZeroHedge Doug Casey on Why the Military-Industrial Complex Always Wins Three Choices, None Good Court […]
Summer Heat Could Wreak Havoc On Texas’ Grid
Summer Heat Could Wreak Havoc On Texas’ Grid Experts warn that Texans should be prepared for another massive grid failure. While Texas has made some progress in increasing surplus energy flow to the grid, high demand may overwhelm embattled ERCOT. Despite warnings, ERCOT remains confident that it can manage the increase in energy demand this […]
3 ‘Powerful’ Things You Can Do NOW To Prepare For A Future Grid Failure
3 ‘Powerful’ Things You Can Do NOW To Prepare For A Future Grid Failure In the event of a grid failure, would you be prepared? Many who prep save extra food and water, but have no idea what actually going “off the grid” would entail. But there are some tips and tricks to preparing so […]
How Puerto Rico Could Turn Disaster into a Decentralized Paradise
How Puerto Rico Could Turn Disaster into a Decentralized Paradise Could the massive failure of the Puerto Rican government-run energy grid be a blessing in disguise? It has the potential to set Puerto Rico on a course of self-sufficiency and individual empowerment for decades to come. Many Puerto Ricans are still without power from the […]
Solar Storm Will Strike Earth Tonight, ‘Weak Power Grid Fluctuations’ Possible
Solar Storm Will Strike Earth Tonight, ‘Weak Power Grid Fluctuations’ Possible The NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center forecasts an aurora could light up the sky above areas in the United State including Michigan and Maine. A solar storm, which occurred Monday, is expected to strike Earth tonight. On Monday, the sun spit out a slew of charged particles […]
Earth’s Poles Show Signs Of FLIPPING: Widespread Grid Failures Imminent
Earth’s Poles Show Signs Of FLIPPING: Widespread Grid Failures Imminent Scientists from the University of Colorado in Boulder are sounding the alarm that the Earth’s magnetic poles are showing signs of reversing. Although the pole reversal, in and of itself, isn’t unprecedented, the solar winds that would take out the power grid and make parts […]
Storm Leaves 600,000 French Households Without Power
Storm Leaves 600,000 French Households Without Power According to French electricity grid operator Enedis, winter storm Zeus which unleashed hurricane-force winds across much of southern France, has left more than 600,000 French households without power as of 4pm on Monday. The company’s website advises that the power cuts have affected 175,000 customers in Brittany, 190,000 in […]
Puerto Rico Blackout Enters Second Day – Entire Island Of 3.5 Million People Without Power
Puerto Rico Blackout Enters Second Day – Entire Island Of 3.5 Million People Without Power The 3.5 million people of Puerto Rico are entering their second day with no power after a substation fire knocked out service to the entire island. The power outage has left schools scrambling to cancel classes and public hospitals forced to cancel […]
Intelligence Insider: How To Protect Your Assets From Critical Infrastructure Failure: “Power Grid, Banking System, Cyber Financial Warfare”
Intelligence Insider: How To Protect Your Assets From Critical Infrastructure Failure: “Power Grid, Banking System, Cyber Financial Warfare” Intelligence insider Jim Rickards has previously warned of asymmetric attacks using cyber warfare, financial warfare and domestic disasters involving chemical, biological or radiologicial events. The threat is multi-faceted and the consequences of such an attack, whether it takes […]
UK Blackout Risk – Amber Warning
UK Blackout Risk – Amber Warning In recent months, three companies have announced closure of 4 large coal-fired power stations in the UK representing a total loss of 6.671 GW base load capacity*. Combined with closure of 1 nuclear station and the pending closure of two CCGTs, total capacity loss in 2016 will amount to […]
Sounding The Alarm On The Country’s Vulnerability To An EMP
Sounding The Alarm On The Country’s Vulnerability To An EMP Establishment insiders are worried we’re too vulnerable In the past here at Peak Prosperity, we’ve written extensively on the threat posed by a sustained loss of electrical grid power. More specifically, we’ve warned that the most damaging threat to our grid would come from either […]
Images From A Dark Detroit: “Major Cable Failure” Sparks Widespread Power Outage | Zero Hedge
Images From A Dark Detroit: “Major Cable Failure” Sparks Widespread Power Outage | Zero Hedge. Just 15 months after Detroit’s Black Out 2013 debacle, spokespeople for the city and DTE Energy confirmed at around 11:00 a.m. local time on Tuesday that most of Detroit’s municipal grid is offline: *DETROIT CITES ‘MAJOR CABLE FAILURE’ FOR POWER […]
Bangladesh power restored after blackout – Central & South Asia – Al Jazeera English
Bangladesh power restored after blackout – Central & South Asia – Al Jazeera EnglishBangladesh has restored power in most of the country, a day after a transmission line bringing electricity from neighbouring India failed, causing a nationwide blackout, officials have said. The blackout, which affected more than 150 million people, was the country’s worst since a 2007 […]
NASA: Revisiting Our Vulnerabiity To Solar Flares | Peak Prosperity
NASA: Revisiting Our Vulnerabiity To Solar Flares | Peak Prosperity. Last year, we recorded a fascinating interview with Dr. Lika Guhathakurta, NASA astrophysicist and heliophysics expert, to understand the science behind coronal mass ejections (CMEs — also commonly referred to as ‘solar flares) and the potential havoc a large one could wreak on our technology-dependent society. The […]
How To Prepare For Emergency Power after a Grid Failure; Short and Long Term
How To Prepare For Emergency Power after a Grid Failure; Short and Long Term. Humans are not nocturnal creatures. A simple flashlight or candle provides a sense of security, intertwined with the ability to see otherwise invisible details. Whether in a long term or short term sense, the power grid fails. This is true regardless of country, […]
